I Don't Mind the Thorns (If You're the Rose)

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"I Don't Mind the Thorns (If You're the Rose)"
Single by Lee Greenwood
from the album Streamline
B-side "Same Old Song"
ReleasedJuly 1985
Genre Country
Length3:22
Label MCA
Songwriter(s) Jan Buckingham
Linda Young
Producer(s) Jerry Crutchfield
Lee Greenwood singles chronology
"Dixie Road"
(1985)
"I Don't Mind the Thorns (If You're the Rose)"
(1985)
"Don't Underestimate My Love for You"
(1985)

"I Don't Mind the Thorns (If You're the Rose)" is a song written by Jan Buckingham and Linda Young and recorded by American country music artist Lee Greenwood. It was released in July 1985 as the lead single from the album Streamline . The song was Greenwood's fourth number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of fifteen weeks on the country chart. [1]

Chart performance

Chart (1985)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks1

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 144.
  2. "Lee Greenwood Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.